Chandra Survey of Nearby Galaxies: The Catalog

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 835; no. 2; pp. 223 - 234
• Main Authors: She, Rui, Ho, Luis C., Feng, Hua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia The American Astronomical Society 01.02.2017; IOP Publishing
• Subjects: ABSORPTION; Active galactic nuclei; Astrophysics; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; CORRELATIONS; DETECTION; Elliptical galaxies; Galaxies; galaxies: active; galaxies: nuclei; GALAXY NUCLEI; Image detection; Interstellar; LUMINOSITY; PHOTONS; Polls & surveys; Power law; RESPIRATORS; Space telescopes; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRA; SPECTROMETERS; Spirals; Star & galaxy formation; Star formation; STARS; Stars & galaxies; X RADIATION; X ray binaries; X ray stars; X ray telescopes; X-RAY GALAXIES; X-rays: galaxies

We searched the public archive of the Chandra X-ray Observatory as of 2016 March and assembled a sample of 719 galaxies within 50 Mpc with available Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer observations. By cross-correlation with the optical or near-infrared nuclei of these galaxies, 314 of them are identi...